History Webcomic / QuantumVibe

* QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything: Indicated by the title itself, [[spoiler: in this case interdimensional travel]]

* {{Expy}}: Despite his best efforts, Bieser couldn't help but invoke some beloved science fiction characters from other franchises in ''Quantum Vibe'' - O Murchada has a lot of Creator/TomBaker's [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] in him, both in appearance and love of the bizarre. And after [[spoiler:undergoing an unexpectedly complicated "rejuvenation", he ends up looking quite a bit like Creator/WilliamHartnell.]] Meanwhile, [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=246 Hari]] [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=347 Copperton]] has a lot of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration William Riker]] in his face and clothes.
** And [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=170 Vanessa Oresme]] (Nicole's mom) bears more than a passing resemblance to [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Nichelle Nichols]]. Emphasized in recent comics that have Nicole dressing up in a uniform reminiscent of the Trek movie era.

The strip updates nominally every weekday, but the author announces interruptions occasionally. [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=1 Here]] is the first strip, and [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/ here]] is the latest.

The strip updates every weekday. [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=1 Here]] is the first strip, and [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/ here]] is the latest.

Following the conclusion of Dr. Murchadha and Nicole's adventures, a centuries-long TimeSkip ensues. We are introduced to a new cast of characters in a very different location, focusing on Bok and Zander, longtime friends, as they slowly uncover a conspiracy controlling their lives and those of the people around them. This section is officially titled Quantum Vibe: Venus 23. That arc has now closed, and Quantum Vibe: Assimulation covers the adventures of Murphy, a new artifolk named Hugo, and one of Nicole's distant great-grandchildren, Eithne. The Assimulation arc has now closed and the series will shift to focus on Venus 23 again.

Following the conclusion of Dr. Murchadha and Nicole's adventures, a centuries-long TimeSkip ensues. We are introduced to a new cast of characters in a very different location, focusing on Bok and Zander, longtime friends, as they slowly uncover a conspiracy controlling their lives and those of the people around them. This section is officially titled Quantum Vibe: Venus 23. That arc has now closed, and Quantum Vibe: Assimulation covers the adventures of Murphy, a new artifolk named Hugo, and one of Nicole's distant great-grandchildren, Eithne.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Sort of. Seamus is an Objectivist model "practical physicist"; whereas tame "theoretical physicists" spend their lives in laboratories performing "[[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=179 endless, incremental experimentation and publishing in journals]]," he "approaches science by [[MadScientist jumping in with both feet, grabbing nature by the throat and throttling the truth out of her.]] As a result [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=19 his discoveries and inventions are often quite game-changing.]]"

** A bald, IntrepidReporter, aggressively sticking his nose where the powerful don't like it, with a head tattoo and mismatched glasses? [[{{Transmetropolitan}} Nah, probably just a coincidence.]]

** A large part of the Huoxing storyline involves a crew of police investigators imported from Series/CSIMiami. There's even an obligatory GlassesPull and QuipToBlack at the end of the [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=502 first page]]. Expies include:

* ThrownOutTheAirlock: In the Vesta chapter [[spoiler: Nicole, Murphy, Buford, and Nigel]] are shot out of a cannon into space by Vesta Vista. Fortunately [[spoiler: Nicole has her Sundiver suit with her, Murphy's a gynoid, and the Beltapes can survive half an hour in vacuum.]] Unfortunately they're on a ballistic arc that will make them crash into Vesta at more than fatal speeds.

* ArtificialGravity: Electro-gravity, also acts as a form of InertialDampening

*** And she shows some discomfort with Artifolk, either as sexual partners or even just to tip them although she does get better

** A "[[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinoke]]" is an artifolk who uses this technology to disguise his real nature.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[Word-for-word ConversationalTroping]] [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=678 here]].

* {{Fanservice}}: Nicole winds up showing off to the 'camera' here and there, though never past a PG-13 rating. [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=305 Though this pushes the rating a bit.]]

* HolographicDisguise

** In the "impromptu autopsy" sequence ([[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=588 starts here]]) we meet a clerk who, it later turns out, [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=598 wants to open a Callahan's Tavern]]. The clerk not only [[http://www.spiderrobinson.com/gallery.html strongly resembles]] the author of the [[Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon Callahan's]] series, Creator/SpiderRobinson, but he's also a member of an in-universe four-armed humanoid race -- in other words, a "[[StealthPun Spyder]]".

** A large part of the Huoxing storyline involves a crew of police investigators imported from Series/CSIMiami. There's even an obligatory GlassesPull at the end of the [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=502 first page]]. Expies include:

** A large part of the Huoxing storyline involves a crew of police investigators imported from Series/CSIMiami. There's even a obligatory GlassesPull at the end of the [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=502 first page]]. Expies include:

** StealthPun thrown in for free: In the "impromptu autopsy" sequence ([[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=588 starts here]]) we meet a clerk who, it later turns out, [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=598 wants to open a Callahan's Tavern]]. The clerk not only [[http://www.spiderrobinson.com/gallery.html strongly resembles]] the author of the [[Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon Callahan's]] series, Creator/SpiderRobinson, but he's also a member of an in-universe four-armed humanoid race -- in other words, a "Spyder".

Following the conclusion of Dr. Murchadha and Nicole's adventures, a centuries-long TimeSkip ensues. We are introduced to a new cast of characters in a very different location, focusing on Bok and Zander, longtime friends, as they slowly uncover a conspiracy controlling their lives and those of the people around them. This section is officially titled Quantum Vibe: Venus 23.

* {{Expy}}: Despite his best efforts, Bieser couldn't help but invoke some beloved science fiction characters from other franchises in ''Quantum Vibe'' - O Murchada has a lot of Creator/TomBaker's [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] in him, both in appearance and love of the bizarre. And after [[spoiler: undergoing treatment for his condition, he ends up looking quite a bit like Creator/WilliamHartnell.]] Meanwhile, [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=246 Hari]] [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=347 Copperton]] has a lot of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration William Riker]] in his face and clothes.

* LongevityTreatment: Rejuvenation treatments are just as readily available. One of the main characters is reportedly in his third century, but there's [[http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=294 evidence]] that he's ''[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld over 500 years old.]]''

*** The first ''un''manned starship seems to take some design cues from ''[[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Discovery]]'', but it's not as blatant.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick - When she's in the middle of a 30-hour trip back from Sol to Mercury, Nicole browses through news articles, physics papers, and eventually - to keep her aggravated and on edge - talk radio.

* FilmNoir - The Luna arc. Gangsters, crooked cops, nightclubs. You know that the artist is starting to ''really'' enjoy himself once Nicole puts on a BadassLongcoat.

* FunetikAksent - The lunar dialect (used in a lot of media) tends to do this, and adds just a smidgen of WebOriginal/LOLCats.

QuantumVibe is a [[SciFiWebcomics Sci Fi Webcomic]] created by Scott Bieser under Big Head Press.

!!Provides Examples Of:

* LibertariansInSpace: A central plot element, with Libertarian concepts such as asset-based currencies, contract resolution, and individual accomplishment being the key to dynamic, thriving societies, as opposed to Luna's [[DemocracyIsBad increasingly-bureaucratic democracy]] or the [[MegaCorp Mercorps]] that rule Earth, Mars and the Jovian satellites - ''badly''. Each statist society is noted to have a large underclass - Beltapes on Luna, poor people on the Jovian moons. Mars has android ''slaves'', and Earth has '''genetically engineered''' entire subraces in a FantasticCasteSystem; can't have an upper class without a lower class.

* LibertariansInSpace: A central plot element, with Libertarian concepts such as asset-based currencies, contract resolution, and individual accomplishment being the key to dynamic, thriving societies, as opposed to Luna's [[DemocracyIsBad increasingly-bureaucratic democracy]] or the [[MegaCorp Mercorps]] that rule Earth, Mars and the Jovian satellites - ''badly''. Each statist society is noted to have a large underclass - Beltapes on Luna, poor people on the Jovian moons, androids on Mars; can't have an upper class without a lower class.